The Indianapolis 500 has four days of qualifying sessions. The first day -- Pole Day -- sets the first 11 positions. The second day sets positions 12-22, while the third day sets positions 23-33 (Note: The second day session was rained out so the remainder of the 33-car grid was set in the third session on Saturday, May 17). On the final day -- also known as Bump Day -- any qualifying attempt that is faster than a qualified entrant in the 33-car field will bump the slowest qualifier, regardless of the day of qualification.
| Indianapolis 500 qualifying (final lineup) | ||||
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Make | Speed |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Dallara-Honda | 226.366 |
| 2 | 10 | Dan Wheldon | Dallara-Honda | 226.110 |
| 3 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Dallara-Honda | 226.080 |
| 4 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Dallara-Honda | 225.733 |
| 5 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Dallara-Honda | 225.197 |
| 6 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Dallara-Honda | 224.794 |
| 7 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Dallara-Honda | 224.417 |
| 8 | 4 | Vitor Meira | Dallara-Honda | 224.346 |
| 9 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Dallara-Honda | 223.887 |
| 10 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Dallara-Honda | 223.835 |
| 11 | 12 | Tomas Scheckter | Dallara-Honda | 223.496 |
| 12 | 99 | Townsend Bell | Dallara-Honda | 222.539 |
| 13 | 06 | Graham Rahal | Dallara-Honda | 222.531 |
| 14 | 14 | Darren Manning | Dallara-Honda | 222.430 |
| 15 | 18 | Bruno Junqueira | Dallara-Honda | 222.330 |
| 16 | 02 | Justin Wilson | Dallara-Honda | 222.267 |
| 17 | 15 | Buddy Rice | Dallara-Honda | 222.101 |
| 18 | 22 | Davey Hamilton | Dallara-Honda | 222.017 |
| 19 | 16 | Alex Lloyd | Dallara-Honda | 221.788 |
| 20 | 17 | Ryan HunteReay | Dallara-Honda | 221.579 |
| 21 | 24 | John Andretti | Dallara-Honda | 221.550 |
| 22 | 67 | Sarah Fisher | Dallara-Honda | 221.246 |
| 23 | 8 | Will Power | Dallara-Honda | 221.136 |
| 24 | 41 | Jeff Simmons | Dallara-Honda | 221.103 |
| 25 | 5 | Oriol Servia | Dallara-Honda | 220.767 |
| 26 | 33 | E.J. Viso | Dallara-Honda | 220.356 |
| 27 | 23 | Milka Duno | Dallara-Honda | 220.305 |
| 28 | 19 | Mario Moraes | Dallara-Honda | 219.716 |
| 29 | 36 | Enrique Bernoldi | Dallara-Honda | 219.422 |
| 30 | 34 | Jaime Camara | Dallara-Honda | 219.345 |
| 31 | 2 | A.J. Foyt IV | Dallara-Honda | 219.184 |
| 32 | 91 | Buddy Lazier | Dallara-Honda | 219.015 |
| 33 | 25 | Marty Roth | Dallara-Honda | 218.965 |









